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15/06/2016

Hollywood

    At the start of the 20th century, a new city was beginning to grow on some flat land near the sea in southern California; its […]
11/05/2016

Why grammar Mistakes In A Short Email Could Make Some People Judge You

I’m a cognitive psychologist who studies language comprehension. If I see an ad for a vacation rental that says “Your going to Hollywood!” it really bugs […]
27/04/2016

10 Phrasal Verbs That Are Useful for Business

Communicating with native English speakers in a business setting means you’ll hear phrasal verbs at least once, if not several times, during a conversation. Phrasal verbs […]
13/04/2016

Make your comparatives more correcter

How do native speakers form comparatives? Imagine you are an English learner trying to pick up on the pattern. You listen to a conversation between two […]
06/04/2016

How to turn small talk into smart conversation

Tips from a comedian and a journalist on the art of going from small talk to big ideas — all summer long. Imagine almost any situation […]
30/03/2016

Você fala inglês assim?

O sotaque e pronúncia certa das palavras fazem uma diferença crucial na hora de se comunicar. E, apesar do sotaque ser muitas vezes charmoso, cometemos alguns […]
16/03/2016

A Brief History of Chocolate

When most of us hear the word chocolate, we picture a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to mind is […]
02/03/2016

How fear can hold you back from learning a foreign language?

STEPPING OUT OF BARCELONA’S El Prat Airport in a Vineyard Vines shirt and an iPhone in hand, I looked like the ultimate American tourist. Wherever I […]
24/02/2016

What Are Count and Noncount Nouns?

A man writes his grocery list—raisins, apples, eggs, popcorn. As he scribbles down the last item, a question pops into his mind: To make nouns plural, […]